Raye

Boy · recorded 1914–1982

  • 1982last recorded
  • 1939best year

Most popular in 1939.

Last recorded in 1982. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Raye.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1914

05919141931194819651982

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 42 recorded years as a table
Raye, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19148
19166
19187
19205
19226
19245
19265
19287
19297
19305
19326
19346
19376
19399
19406
19419
19426
19437
19444
19454
19466
19473
19489
19495
19504
19513
19524
19536
19544
19552
19563
19574
19583
19603
19612
19624
19634
19644
19654
19715
19773
19823

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Raye isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1982
6
Rank in 1982
#5,619
How rare
1 in 302,407 boys
Since 1914
306

Raye was last recorded in 1982. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1939, at 9 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Raye doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.